Sunday, September 18, 2011

40 ladies and one man

Imagine 40 ladies and one man (the busdriver) on a bus. Today we have been on a great quilt trip to Tønsberg. Started 07:30 in the morning and back home at 22:00. A long day, but we have had a great time.

Want to see what we were up to.

Of course some sewing while we were driving down to Tønsberg

And a coffebreak. Some of the ladies brought homebaked cupcakes and applecake.

We also had a big lottery with great prizes on the bus. Irene had to show everyone that cute fabric she won.

First stop was the quiltshop Quiltefryd in Tønsberg. And all the ladies enjoyed looking through all the goodies in the shop

And while most of the ladies was shopping, some ladies relaxed outside the shop drinking coffee and eating waffles. Such a nice treat from the quiltshop.

And more photos from the quiltshop Quiltefryd.

In the basement there one of the ladies working in the shop did a little demonstration of different rulers and other new gizmoes that a quilter need.

Thank you Åsne and all the other ladies in the quiltshop, for making the visit to your shop so nice.

In Tønsberg there is another quiltshop called Lines Hobby, and of course we had to visit that shop too.

A lot of shopping here too.

Then there was time for dinner at Himmel og Hav.

After a nice dinner we were heading back to the bus to drive to our next stop

at Lille Stasjon in Lier where Bente and her staff had coffee and cakes ready for us.

And of course more shopping.

I found a chair in one corner and enjoyed relaxing a little bit. I was the travelling leader of this trip, and I am so happy all the ladies told me they had a wonderful day. I guess we are going on a quilt trip next autumn too. This was so fun. But now I am tired and need som sleep.

Tomorrow I will show you my purchases. Yes, even though I told myself before leaving home, that I needed no more fabrics, ended up buying a lot of fabrics.

Hello again May Britt, What a wonderful bus and buying trip you must have had. I hope you are now getting your much needed sleeping and rest. It is 11.30 am Sunday here on the east coast of Australia, and it is very warm outside. I think it will be our warmest day so far this Spring. Could get to 30C before the NE sea breeze blows in to cool it down.

My last acquisition is some fat quarters of Nancy Halvorsen's new range of fabric called Bittersweet. I just love how you can mix and match her different ranges of fabrics.

I have not blogged since January. Have only done repairs on the sewing machine. But I feel like I want to get stuck in and make another quilt.

I have knitted during the winter months, and just recently bought a book called Haapssalu Shawls, about fine lace knitting in Estonia. I just love lace knitting. I have bought the fine wooden needles and some 2 ply merino wool from one of the manufacturers here in Australia.

Anyway I had better sign off and plant some lovely little native daisies I bought at the Markets yesterday.

Wow!! What a fantastic day trip you had. Wish I lived closer I'd have begged for a seat on your bus! You have some gorgeous quilt stores in Norway... temptation everywhere. I imagine being Trip Leader was hard work so well done you for pulling it off and giving everyone such a wonderful day!